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I same is attached, are combined withan interposcd rubbc @eine testesstrut @fitta o'. N. 'GUTTER5 OWO'RCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, A s'sIeNoe ToDAVIS, HILL, AND G QMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 79,321, dated June 30, 18.68.

IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC REEDS EUR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

KNOW ALL MEN :BY THESE lPRESENTS:

That I,.C. CUTTER, of the city and countyof Worcester, and Commonwealthof- Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Metallic Reeds for Musical Instruments; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accom pan'ying drawings, forming 4a part of thisspecification, in which.'- i

Figure I represents, upo'n an enlarged scale, a reed made according tomy invention.

Figure 2 represents n longitudinal -central section on line a b, fig. 1;and

Figure represents a' cross-section on linea d, iig. 1, upon a moreenlarged'scale.

' To enable -those skilled in the art to `which my invention belongs tomake and use the same, I will proceed to desoribeit more in detail.`

In the drawings, the base, A, of the tongue, B, of the reed hasheretofore been fastened directly to the part C er frame ofthereedfwithont the interposition of any packing-material between the partsthus fastened together. Y A

The reed, when thus made, is apt to give an imperfect sound, owing tothe escape or'passage of air between the base, A, of thetongue and thepart Cito which it is riveted.

To obviate' this objection, I interpose a rubber or other elasticpacking, a, between the base, A, of the tongue if and the part C, therivet b being passed down through the parts, as fully indicated in thedrawings.

Owing to the elasticity of the packing a, the joint will remain tightfor a long time, thus rendering the reed very desirable for use in allirst.class'instruments, where perfect, full, and clear sounds arerequired.

I have found that paper makes a good packing, as a. substitute forrubber. Y Having described my improved reed, what I claim therein asnew, andof my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl Ametallic reed for musical instruments, in which the tongue of the reedand frame, or part to which the r or other elastic packing,substantially as and for the purposes shown and set forth.

. C. N. CUTTER. Witnesses: l

Trios. H. Denon,

D. L. MILLER.

